PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - July 4

WELLINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - Following are some of thelead stories from New Zealand metropolitan newspapers onThursday.

Stories may be taken from either the paper or Interneteditions of the papers.

Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouchfor their accuracy.

DOMINION POST(www.stuff.co.nz)

Pike families to seek law changes: The tragic legacy of PikeRiver coalmine's fatal November 2010 blast will be revealedtoday at the defunct company's sentencing on health and safetyfailures.

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NZTE helping hand for expanding firms: A service to helpgrowing businesses access much-needed capital has been set up byNew Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE).

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Capital's small firms feel positive: Wellington's smallbusinesses are the most optimistic in the country as outlooksimprove nationally, a new survey says. The quarterly ANZBusiness Micro Scope found small businesses in the capital to bethe most upbeat in the country with a 22 per cent net optimism,up from 17 per cent last quarter.

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Hamilton voters will get their say on fluoride: Supportersof a fluoride referendum which could overturn Hamilton City'scontroversial decision to stop dosing its water may yet gettheir way.

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Gadgets pay off for police: Police say their NZ$4.3 million($3.34 million) investment in iPads and iPhones is starting topay dividends and should shave 30 minutes off the amount of timeofficers spend each day on unproductive tasks.

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NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)

Key, Dotcom clash over GCSB bill: Prime Minister John Keylast night described former Megaupload tycoon Kim Dotcom as a"conspiracy theorist" after the internet mogul again claimedthat the Prime Minister knew about him before his Coatesvillemansion was raided in January 2012.

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Tobacco victory goes up in a puff of smoke: CorrectionsMinister Anne Tolley has called a successful court challengeagainst smoking bans in prisons a "waste of time" because theGovernment has already changed the law to justify the bans.

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Online dairy auction marks 5th year: Fonterra'sGlobalDairyTrade (GDT) platform - an internet-based system thathas become part and parcel of how bulk dairy product is pricedinternationally - turned five years old yesterday.

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Audi catches economic lift: Audi New Zealand says businessis booming in the luxury car trade, with its boss attributing arecord first-half sales result to an improving economy. Thecompany, a division of Audi in Germany, sold 967 vehicles in thesix months to the end of June.